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Drug Facts

  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • 80% of methadone-related deaths were deemed accidental, even though most cases involved other drugs.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Alprazolam is a generic form of the Benzodiazepine, Xanax.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Over 2.3 million people admitted to have abused Ketamine in their lifetime.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.

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